Description
Comforting Ukrainian cabbage rolls stuffed with ground meat, mushrooms, onions, and carrot and topped with a creamy tomato sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- About 12 large cabbage leaves
- 3 Tablespoons uncooked rice (I used basmati)
- About 1 Tablespoon avocado oil, divided
- 1/2 of a red onion, chopped
- 2 – 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 4 oz. fresh mushrooms, chopped into small pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
- 4 oz. baby carrots (or peeled whole carrots), finely chopped or grated
- 1/2 lb. lean raw ground beef, chicken or pork
- Fresh dill, snipped, or dried dill
- 1 pint jar (or larger) of vodka sauce (creamy tomato sauce – recipe here or use store bought)
Instructions
- Soften the cabbage leaves by dipping each one in boiled water for a few seconds. Set them on a plate or clean towel and set aside.
- In a small saucepan, heat about 1/2 cup of water with a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, stir in the rice, reduce heat to low and partly cook the rice, stopping after 7 minutes. Drain off any excess water and put rice in a medium mixing bowl.
- While the rice is cooking, in a small frying pan over medium heat, add a bit of oil, then saute the onions until soft and translucent. Stir in the garlic and mushrooms, salt and tomato paste. Cover and let cook until the mushrooms are tender. Pour this mixture into the bowl with the rice.
- Add a little more oil to the pan and saute the carrots a few minutes to soften them. Add about half the carrots to the bowl. Then add the ground meat to the bowl and mix up the filling, sprinkling with dill as you go. Add some freshly ground pepper too.
- To assemble, cut the rib from each cabbage leaf, leaving two sides. Put about 2 Tablespoons of the filling onto the leaf and roll up into a cone shape, then tuck the ends in on the top to seal. Repeat until all the filling is used.
- Set the cabbage rolls in a casserole or Dutch oven, layering if needed to fit them all. Mix the rest of the carrots into the sauce, then pour the sauce over the cabbage rolls, making sure all the rolls are fully covered.
- Cover the pan and bake at 350 F. for about an hour or until the filling is completely cooked. Serve sprinkled with extra dill.
Notes
Use Polish, Swedish or American vodka in the sauce … anything BESIDES Russian vodka!
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Keywords: Cabbage, Ukrainian, Beef, Chicken, Pork